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. 2019 Mar 14;14(3):e0213541. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0213541

Table 3. Foods consumed with mabisi.

Product category Type
Cereals Maize porridge from meal or grits (chelee, Illya)*
Sorghum/millet porridge (chelee)*
Boiled immature sorghum grains called ‘mututu’ (muselu)*
Boiled whole maize grain (titili, dwobo, chibobole, magwaza)*
Dehulled maize (samp, musohya)*
Boiled fresh maize cob
Roasted maize grains called ‘chiwaya’
Rice
Pasta
Fermented cereal drink called ‘chibwantu’
Opaque beer (sibamu)*
Fruits Pawpaw, boiled unripe mango, avocado, baobab powder (chivalavati, mulondo)*, tamarind (mpalwe)*, masuku (chimvwe, chilimbu)*, banana, ripe mango
Pumpkins Yellow & green pumpkins
Green pumpkin with boiled fresh maize (chidyobo)*
Baked confectionery Bread & buns (chikandi)*
Scones
Tubers Boiled cassava, sweet potatoes, & irish potatoes
Legumes Beans
Beans with rice
Roasted groundnuts called ‘musuka’
Cooked side dishes Beef
Fish (tilapia, tigerfish)
Vegetables

*Noted the local name of the product eaten with mabisi is indicated in brackets